Ice-creeper.



No. 638,825. Patented Dec. l2, I899. L. P. WENTZELL.

ICE CREEPER.

(Application filed Jan. 25. 1899 (No Model.)

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IICE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,825, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed January 25,1899. Serial No. 703,322. ca man.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS P. WENTZELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residin g at Greensburg, in the county of Westinoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ice-creepers.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved creeper with as few parts as possible, which can be readily thrown into and out of operative position when attached to a shoe.

The invention consists of an ice-creeper operating on a shaft and against a spring mounted on the said shaft and means connected to the shaft for holding the same in position.

My invention finally consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydesoribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof, and in which Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of a shoe, showing my improved creeper in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of a shoe, showing my improved creeper attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the creeper. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastening-rods. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring for holding the creeper in position. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the shaft and its nut.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 indicates the upper of a shoe, 2 the sole, and 3 the heel, which is used for illustrating how my improved ice-creeper is attached to a shoe.

In the form of creeper shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings I provide a calk-plate 4, somewhat triangular in its shape and havin g secured therein the barbs or pointed studs 5, projecting downwardly when the device is in the operative position, and when the device is folded into the inoperative position these barbs project upwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The call:- plate 4 has formed integral therewith an em tension 6, the free end of which is coiled to form an eye for the reception of the shaft 7. Upon this shaft 7 is mounted a spring-clip 8, the ends 9 of which are apertured, as at 10, to receive the shaft. These ends 9, being bent at right angles to the body portion of the clip, are adapted to engage the coils formed on the arms of the hold-ing device, while the body portion of the clip is adapted to frictionally engage the portion of the extension which is wrapped or coiled on the shaft 7 to retain the calk-plate 4 in either the operative or inoperative position.

The holding device for the creeper consists of a piece of wire bent to form the arms 11 and 12, extending in a substantially V shape and at their free ends being curved to form hooks 13 and 14, which are adapted to engage the sole of the shoe, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. At their other ends these arms 11 and 12 are formed into coils 15, which receive the shaft 7, while the cross-bar 16, connecting the two arms together at their coiled ends, is bent upwardly and is adapted to receive a fastening-key 17 for securing the device to the inner face of the heel 3, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The shaft 7 is provided with a head on one end, as at 21, and the opposite end 22 is screwthreaded to receive a nut 23 for securing the various parts thereon.

When it is desired to secure the creeper in position, the hooks 13 14 are caught in the edge of the sole and the creeper is forced backward, bringing its upper face in contact with the heel, and owing to the spring 8 bearing against the extension of the same will securely hold the same in position.

XVhen it is desired to discontinue the use of the creeper, the same is brought to the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which will cause no inconvenience to the party wearing the same.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. An ice-creeper consisting of a calk-plate provided with downwardly-extending barbs 0n the lower face thereof, a spring-clip, a shaft arranged in the said clip and suitably connected to the said plate, connec ting-arms suitably mounted on the said shaft, and a cross-bar connected to the said arms adapted to receive a suitable fastening means for securing the creeper to the heel of a shoe, substantially as set forth.

2. An ice-creeper consisting of a calk-plate provided with down wardly-extending barbs in the lower face thereof, an extension formed integral with the said plate having its free end coiled to form an eye, a shaft mounted in the said eye, a spring-clip suitablyconnected to the said shaft, connecting-arms suitably mounted on the said shaft adapted to engage the sole of a shoe, a cross-bar connected to the said arms, and means operating through the said cross-bar for securing the creeper to the heel of a shoe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS P. WENTZELL.

itnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. W. ARTHUR. 

